It all happens in a millisecond. You place a buy order on the stock market and a computer notes your offer and because it is a faster computer than yours it quickly buys that stock at your price and then the stock at your offering price is gone. If you still want it you now have to pay more. The price went up. It happened many times faster than it takes to blink an eye.
This entire idea of communication occurring so fast and action being taken so fast reminds me of Isaiah 65:24. “Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.” Our heavenly Father is so attuned to our needs He answers before our lips can form the words. Before we say, “Give us this day our daily bread” He has. If He is so attentive and so giving, which He is, then why do we need to pray? Surely it is not for some angel with a quill and roll of parchment to record our words. God didn’t need to hear them. It must be because we need to hear them. There is something to be said for articulating one’s thoughts. They become more real. Often we surprise ourselves as the content develops.
Sometimes my wife will ask me what I am writing and my answer is “I don’t know I haven’t written it yet.” When finished I think, “I didn’t know I thought that.” The human brain creates when it is called upon. Our prayers focus us not only on our need but on the One who answers and enable us to understand why we have what we have and where it comes from. Our prayers make us wise, sagacious, thoughtful and more intelligent.
Written by Roger Bothwell on April 4, 2014
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